Local Folk

A wartime Whitehawk group?

By Eric Cook

My Grandmother Mrs. Sarah Cook is in all of these photos. She lived at 15 Hervey Road Whitehawk. It seems she was a member of the Whitehawk Inn Ladies Darts Team and according to one of the pictures she was a member in 1936.

Taken during the war?
The other two photos are more of a mystery they seem to be have been taken later, possibly during the war going by the van with its blackout covers on the lights. Some of the women could be the same as in the darts team. I'm sure they would all be from Whitehawk. My grandmother is the one in the dark hat with the badge on it and has a light coloured coat on.(fourth from the left standing in front of the van).

Can you help?
Does anybody know what this group might have been doing there, having a cup of tea out in the field? Could it be something to do with the war effort? Does anybody recognize any one else in the photos. I'd be grateful for any feedback

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